A state fund that helps keep phone landlines affordable for rural Idaho residents is losing revenue as more people switch to cellphones. The Idaho Statesman reports the Idaho Public Utilities Commission is figuring out how to keep the state fund solvent as it loses revenue that's acquired by surcharges on landline bills...

Those who are annoyed need to speak up and let legislators know adjourning before getting the job done is unacceptable.

Avista Utilities sends people and equipment to Georgia to help with repairs in the wake of Tropical Storm Irma.

The state Department of Fish and Wildlife has lost a multimillion-dollar contract to operate two fish hatcheries following a report of a sexual culture among top-ranking employees at one of them.

Berkshire Hathaway has agreed to buy Oncor, Texas’ largest regulated utility, and the famed Omaha company has the support of most parties that could block the deal, according to documents from the two companies.